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Time Troubles - The Killeen Daily Herald (blog)

A few days ago, I had a dermatology appointment in Georgetown, which is about 45 minutes from Killeen with no traffic or delays. I should have allowed an hour, or even an hour and 15 minutes. By the time I got behind the wheel to head out, I had exactly 43 minutes to get to my appointment. Needless to say, I arrived 15 minutes late, which is precisely the amount of time you can be late before your appointment is cancelled. I almost laughed out loud when the receptionist --who had kind eyes and looked like she truly regretted telling me the bad news-- told me my new appointment would be July 27th. As I slunk out of the office, I tried to find the positives in the... Was there a bigger, deeper reason for my fruitless, hour-long drive. The show featured an author—an envyingly clever and talented writer by the name of Heidi Julavits—who recently came out with a book with the fabulous (time-relevant) title of: “The Folded Clock. Time is on my mind in other ways, too.

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The Key to Good Vocabulary is Not the Thesaurus - The New Indian Express

December 31, 1969

He attempted to use a variety of words, but did not use appropriate words in his writing. Since his teacher had told him to avoid repetition and vary his word choice, he used to just substitute a synonym for a particular word. For example, the synonyms of faith are: trust, belief, confidence, conviction, credence, reliance, dependence, hope, optimism and hopefulness among others. These words are not meanings of the word ‘faith’ and therefore any of these words cannot be used in the place of the word ‘faith’. These are synonyms or similar words with subtle differences in meaning. It is the context which tells us which words we should use. Let’s look at common examples of how the words faith, trust, confidence and hope are used in different contexts. • Faith: There was no rain in a village for many months and the villagers were much worried. The mother throws the child in the air and the child expresses its joy by laughing out loud. • Hope: Every night we go to bed without any assurance of being alive the next morning but still we set the alarm in our clock to wake up. That is hope. Based on the contexts above, we understand how the four words vary in meanings.

What is Cyanogen and Why Should You Care? - Tom's Guide

December 31, 1969

If you're an Android user, you might have heard of Cyanogen. What Is Cyanogen, CyanogenMod or Cyanogen OS. Cyanogen Inc. , or just Cyanogen, is the company behind CyanogenMod and Cyanogen OS. The company was started in 2012 by Kirt McMaster and Steve Kondik. Kondik was the creator of the CyanogenMod Android build. McMaster persuaded Kondik to turn Cyanogen into a company and obtain investor funding. Simply put, CyanogenMod (CM for short) is a modified version of Android, based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). Features in the OS are thought up and written by a community of developers, both inside and outside of Cyanogen. When shipped on commercial devices such as the OnePlus One and the Yu Yureka (which is available only in India), CyanogenMod is known as Cyanogen OS. It is distributed via handset partners. "CyanogenMod alone is completely open source," said Kondik, the chief technology officer of Cyanogen. While you can change your wallpaper and color scheme in regular Android, CyanogenMod lets you configure the specific tiles in your quick settings panel and add look-and-feel themes.